1215 magna carta. 1492 christopher columbus discovers the new world
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1777 - 1781
• Articles of Confederation• 1777 1st signatures• 1781 All 13 colonial States Ratified• • • •
April 15, 1783
• Treaty of Paris• Officially ended the ________________________ in which
the last battle was in 1781 where Washington trapped Cornwallis’s troops at Yorktown, forcing surrender, and marking the end to battles of the Revolutionary war.
• Britain officially recognized the Independence of the United States.
May of 1787
• Shays Rebellion meeting was held• Represented the weak central government of the Articles
of Confederation and the powers in which it held.• • •
September 17, 1787
• The United States Constitution was Ratified• Written by James Madison• Sections included the Preamble and 7 Articles• Article I - Article VI• Article II• Article III - Article VII • Article IV• Article V